Corset.



PATENTED MAB.. 22, 1904.

. J. ELLIOTT.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 12. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

.Attorney UNITED STATES Patented March Q2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARY JANE ELLIOTT, CF PORT HURCN, MICHIGAN.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,470, dated March 22, 1904. Application filed November l2I 1903. Serial No. 180,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, MARY JANE ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in corsets.

The object of my invention is to provide the corset with an integral or non-removable fastening means for holding vthe skirt and shirtwaistin their adjusted positions and for producing the much-desired long-waisted effect, thereby doing away with all separate or removable attachments for the corsets.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and ar-v rangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved corset. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail front view showing the application of my invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken onthe line 4. 11 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front view of a modified form of my invention.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2 denote the two front fastening-stays of a corset, preferably of the longwaisted style. Said stays are secured together to close the front of the corset in the usual manner, the under stay 1 having headed studs 3, which are engaged by key-shaped openings 4 in the upper stay 2. Upon the front of the upper stay 2, adjacent to its lower end and below the waist-line of the corset, is a vertical series of hooks 5, which are adapted to engage the various garments and hold them in their adjusted positions. Any desired number of these hooks 5 may be provided and they may all b e of the same size, but I preferably make the top one a little larger. They may lbe formed integral with the said top stay by gages the long underslrirt 11 and the bustlestrings 12, and the uppermost hoolr 13 is engaged by a buttonhole in the shirt-waist 14, the top or overslirt 15, and the belt 16.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I have shown the Vapplication of my invention to a short-waisted or girdle corset. Either one or both of the front stays in this corset are extended, as at 9, below the bottom edge of the corset, and the hooks 5 are carried by this extended portion of the stay or stays.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by 4Letters Patent, isi v1. A corset-stay provided with fastening elements for connection with complementary elements upon a companion stay and having` hooks stamped up therefrom to engage and retain nether garments in their adjusted positions, substantially as described.

2. A corset having upon the lower portion of its front fastening-stay a series of hooks stamped up therefrom, said hooks being relatively arranged to engage different articles of wearing-apparel in their adjusted positions, substantially` as described.

3. corset provided with stays having fastenings for engagement with each other, one my hand in presence of tWo subscribing' Witof said stays being longer than thei othelr, nesses.. forming an extension projecting'be oW tie lower edge of the corset, saidextension carry- MARY JANE ELLIOTT' 5 ing garment-engaging devices, substantially Witnesses:

as described. ELLEN Ross,

In testimony Whereoil I have hereunto set Jos. RUPPEL. 

